Review of Face/Off (1997) by Erica — 20 Nov 2010
Movies too often try to be realistic, the big brother of movie form. Face off, is a movie that moves beyond realism to the sublimely ridiculous. The fantasy of a five year old on crack. What sort of genuisly muddled mind come up with a plot that simutaneoulsy dumbs and enthrawls a watchers mind? John Travolta shines in a way you would never expect, but possibly this means he shines in nicholas cages skin.
How am I to review when I am so confused. This confusion is the genuis, the genuis is the twist and turn the yes and the no of the watchers mind. The idea of identity, the idea of it being lost with ones name and body, the value of face.
The value of ones face lost.
This review of Face/Off (1997) was written by Erica on 20 Nov 2010.
Face/Off has generally received very positive reviews.
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